devops career questions..

[xfer42]

Python is a good language to learn. Then setup a few containers (docker or podman), then move on to container orchestration, like Kubernetes. Maybe do some stuff with Ansible.

Im in devops and mainly write containerized apps that use REST API and do some kind of automation via Ansible or Fabric or maybe it talks REST to some other system (firewalls, routers, third party CAs, whatever). This is almost always for some other department. We started using containers a few years back because we had to put our apps/tools/scripts on hosts we could not alter or molest (like jump hosts). Now everything we do is in containers and stored in a container repo so they can be readily deployed to any host with minimal setup.

A degree may help to get started if hes jumping in with little to no experience (home tinkering counts). Once established, I dont think it makes a difference. The good ones are self taught.

This person is amazing. Im surprised its free:

https://www.youtube.com/c/TechWorldwithNana/featured

[Robotron2k84]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnzuMJLZRdU&list=PLowKtXNTBypFbtuVMUVXNR0z1mu7dp7eH&index=1

[Puckinhead]

Great information all. Thanks again, you all have given great examples with sound reasoning to back it up.

[gwanghoops]

See, special! I managed about 20, but I started about 30 years old. Just a couple programming language classes as an undergrad, and one in grad school. All else was OJT.

ETA - Puckinhead, see if the articles here - https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-fortran-1991415 interest your son. Not the FORTRAN one, but the links at the bottom.

I put in 40 years with two programming classes with math and engineering degrees. Never laid off unless you consider closing a division of 400 people.

Fortran LOL. Learned it for fun and used it at Motorola at 17 as an intern. Never used it again.

[Dan_Eastvale]

I put in 40 years with two programming classes with math and engineering degrees. Never laid off unless you consider closing a division of 400 people.

Fortran LOL. Learned it for fun and used it at Motorola at 17 as an intern. Never used it again.

Mee too. WATFIV IBM360 1976

[Librarian]

I put in 40 years with two programming classes with math and engineering degrees. Never laid off unless you consider closing a division of 400 people.

Fortran LOL. Learned it for fun and used it at Motorola at 17 as an intern. Never used it again.

At various times, I was paid to write BASIC, FORTRAN (IV and 77), COBOL, Pascal (!), C, PERL, VMS/DCL and bits and pieces of csh, bash and whatnot.

Been out of IT around 20 years; have forgotten almost all of it.

[Puss]

Here's my resume and cover letter advice. =)